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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2801
From: Carson, California
|  Posted: 2003-09-20 7:02 pm Permalink
I'm starting this new thread because sometimes we all make fantastic scores at the thriftstores, garage-sales, and swapmeets that aren't strictly Tiki, but we'd still like to brag a bit.
This morning, Doctor Z and I went garage-saling and didn't find much in the way of tiki, yet I found these fantastic 1970s "Skateboarder" magazines for $2.50 total:
We were looking them over at breakfast and reminiscing fondly about our own skating days in the 1970s. Doctor Z was much better than I and was even on Team Pepsi for a short time.
I did find one Stockton Islander Mai Tai mug for 50 cents and Doctor Z found this excellent young-reader's edition of Kon-Tiki with all the good pictures and artwork for 50 cents as well:
Just a few items from an excellent day of garage sales.
Sabu
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Swanky
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Joined: Apr 03, 2002
Posts: 5221
From: Hapa Haole Hideaway, TN
| Posted: 2003-09-21 2:43 pm Permalink
I sold my first year Alva a few years ago on Ebay and wish I could scour my home town for all the early Dog Town Skates and the boxes of Skateboarder magazines that are out there.
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kctiki
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Joined: Apr 22, 2003
Posts: 439
From: Kansas City
| Posted: 2003-09-22 10:48 am Permalink
I can't post photos of my top 3 favorite non-tiki thrift store finds as they were given away as gifts, but here are the descriptions:
A planter for the top of a TV console made from a ladies' high heel shoe encrusted with shell macaroni and spray painted gold.
A polyester blouse printed with pictures of the entire "Welcome Back Kotter" cast.
A large 3 dimensional glamour photo of a French Poodle.
Believe it or not, all of these items costs less than 50 cents.
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thejab
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 2987
From: Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA
| Posted: 2003-09-22 3:33 pm Permalink
I sold my 70s issues of Skateboarder (including the premiere issue) back in the early 80s! Aaargh!
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Nui Nui 2
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Aug 22, 2002
Posts: 65
From: Newport Beach
| Posted: 2003-09-23 08:50 am Permalink
Hey Doctor Z,
I was also on the Pepsi team around 77-78. I would love to look at some of those magazines, my mom threw all mine away. I had some pictures in some of those old Skateboarder magazines and always thought I would find them again at a garage sale. Now they are "collectables". I'm not going to be able to relive my youth because everything about it is a frikken collectable.
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TikiGoddess
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Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Posts: 449
From: Penna
| Posted: 2003-09-28 6:11 pm Permalink
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On 2003-09-22 10:48, kctiki wrote:
I can't post photos of my top 3 favorite non-tiki thrift store finds as they were given away as gifts, but here are the descriptions:
A polyester blouse printed with pictures of the entire "Welcome Back Kotter" cast.
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Put me on your gift list please! WOW!
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kctiki
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Joined: Apr 22, 2003
Posts: 439
From: Kansas City
| Posted: 2003-09-29 07:04 am Permalink
If I run across another "Welcome Back Kotter" blouse, it's yours TikiGoddess. I just gave an orange polyester doubleknit pantsuit back to Goodwill. I was hoping to wear it while hosting a fondue party, but it was too tight and I can no longer eat cheese.
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atomictonytiki
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Joined: May 14, 2002
Posts: 1289
From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2003-09-30 05:51 am Permalink
Insted of cheese you could have a chocolate fondue evening...
http://www.loosetooth.com/Recipes/fondue.htm
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TikiGoddess
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Joined: Nov 06, 2002
Posts: 449
From: Penna
| Posted: 2003-10-02 6:22 pm Permalink
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On 2003-09-29 07:04, kctiki wrote:
If I run across another "Welcome Back Kotter" blouse, it's yours TikiGoddess. I just gave an orange polyester doubleknit pantsuit back to Goodwill. I was hoping to wear it while hosting a fondue party, but it was too tight and I can no longer eat cheese.
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I am laughing so hard right now! Put me on your guest list too, I'll wear my purple polyester shirt with white and orange unicorns all over it. A beyond tiki thrift score if there ever was one!
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kctiki
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Joined: Apr 22, 2003
Posts: 439
From: Kansas City
| Posted: 2003-10-05 05:36 am Permalink
Since you have such a snazzy outfit TikiGoddess, I'll go ahead with the Fondue Party, despite lactose intolerance.
I'll make myself a separate little pot of melted fake tofu cheese. I can call in Tofdue, or Fonfue. Atomictikitony's chocolate fondue will have to be dark chocolate. I can wash it all down with non-alcoholic cocktails, since I can't drink anymore EITHER!
First I have to find an outfit to rival the unicorn shirt. If I develop a sensitivity to polyester I'm going to start drinking again!
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SES
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Joined: Sep 14, 2003
Posts: 992 | Posted: 2003-10-05 07:04 am Permalink
[ This Message was edited by: susane on 2004-01-20 06:59 ]
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woofmutt
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 26, 2002
Posts: 2636
From: Seattilite Telstar
| Posted: 2003-10-15 12:02 am Permalink
kctiki: I think I have a copy of the poodle picture. (For the rest: It's one of those "three dimensional" type images, this one of a poodle on a teal rug with some flowers in the background. Under glass, in a white frame.) Picked up years ago, it has been known 'round here as "3-D Dog". A friend in the show biz said he saw one in an LA prop house, and I saw one on an episode of "The Drew Carey Show"* (same frame). Obviously a mass produced image, I like the idea of some grandma in 1960-something thinking it was beautiful and hanging it in the living room.
*For the record, while I absolutely just love TV I don't really like the "..Carey" show.
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freddiefreelance
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Joined: Feb 15, 2003
Posts: 3006
From: San Diego, Ca.
| Posted: 2003-10-15 07:32 am Permalink
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On 2003-10-05 05:36, kctiki wrote:
Since you have such a snazzy outfit TikiGoddess, I'll go ahead with the Fondue Party, despite lactose intolerance.
I'll make myself a separate little pot of melted fake tofu cheese. I can call in Tofdue, or Fonfue. Atomictikitony's chocolate fondue will have to be dark chocolate. I can wash it all down with non-alcoholic cocktails, since I can't drink anymore EITHER!
First I have to find an outfit to rival the unicorn shirt. If I develop a sensitivity to polyester I'm going to start drinking again!
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...Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?
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kctiki
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Joined: Apr 22, 2003
Posts: 439
From: Kansas City
| Posted: 2003-10-15 11:09 am Permalink
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On 2003-10-15 07:32, freddiefreelance wrote:
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...Don't drink, don't smoke, what do you do?
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I eat Fritos (I'm not allergic to corn like SES).
I still have smoking dreams, and also dreams that I'm crawling on the bathroom floor chasing drugs that just keep rolling beyond my fingertips.
I collect junk, such as 3D poodle pictures, from thrift stores when I'm up, and eat marshmallow circus peanuts when I'm down.
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Sweet Daddy Tiki
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Joined: Jul 20, 2003
Posts: 1095
From: Edmonton
| Posted: 2003-10-15 12:04 pm Permalink
I have that poodle too. His/her name is Bijou. Those 3D pictures are called Lentographs (who knew?). This site has many pictures, including the pooch.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stumarsh/lentograph2.htm
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